The charity fundraiser begun by
Game of Thrones author
George R.R. Martin — offering a chance to die in one of his novels — was expected
to reach its goal just a day or so after launching on Thursday, ABC News said.

Two people have already claimed the grand prize, paying $20,000 each for Martin to name a
character after them in an upcoming
Thrones book.

The project is raising money for Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary and the Food Depot of Santa Fe,
N.M., where Martin lives with his wife,
Parris. Among the animals at the sanctuary are the ones that appear as direwolves
on the HBO series.

The campaign is hosted on the celebrity-based sweepstakes fundraising site Prizeo.com with a
goal of raising $200,000 by Aug. 4. Fans can receive different levels of prizes based on how much
they donate, such as being flown to New Mexico to meet Martin.

A man and a woman nabbed the “martyr”-level prize of having characters named after them,
choosing their character’s “station in the world” and having him or her meet “a grisly death,”
Prizeo says.